destellar
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin dēstillāre, present active infinitive of dēstillō (“to distil, trickle”). Compare the borrowed doublet destilar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /desteˈʝaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eˈʝaɾ]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /desteˈʎaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eˈʎaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /desteˈʃaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eˈʃaɾ]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /desteˈʒaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eˈʒaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧te‧llar
Verb
destellar (first-person singular present destello, first-person singular preterite destellé, past participle destellado)
- to sparkle, twinkle
Conjugation
Conjugation of destellar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | destellar | ||||||
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gerund | destellando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | destellado | destellada | |||||
plural | destellados | destelladas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | destello | destellastú destellásvos | destella | destellamos | destelláis | destellan | |
imperfect | destellaba | destellabas | destellaba | destellábamos | destellabais | destellaban | |
preterite | destellé | destellaste | destelló | destellamos | destellasteis | destellaron | |
future | destellaré | destellarás | destellará | destellaremos | destellaréis | destellarán | |
conditional | destellaría | destellarías | destellaría | destellaríamos | destellaríais | destellarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | destelle | destellestú destellésvos2 | destelle | destellemos | destelléis | destellen | |
imperfect (ra) | destellara | destellaras | destellara | destelláramos | destellarais | destellaran | |
imperfect (se) | destellase | destellases | destellase | destellásemos | destellaseis | destellasen | |
future1 | destellare | destellares | destellare | destelláremos | destellareis | destellaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | destellatú destellávos | destelle | destellemos | destellad | destellen | ||
negative | no destelles | no destelle | no destellemos | no destelléis | no destellen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
- destello
Further reading
- “destellar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014